diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/utils/Csv2Rdf.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/utils/Csv2Rdf.java
index 9eabd410e..6dda0ef8b 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/utils/Csv2Rdf.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/utils/Csv2Rdf.java
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ package edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.utils;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Random;
+
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 
 import org.skife.csv.CSVReader;
 import org.skife.csv.SimpleReader;
@@ -17,6 +20,11 @@ import com.hp.hpl.jena.ontology.OntModel;
 import com.hp.hpl.jena.ontology.OntModelSpec;
 import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Model;
 import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.ModelFactory;
+import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Resource;
+import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.ResourceFactory;
+
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.VitroRequest;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.WebappDaoFactory;
 
 public class Csv2Rdf {
 
@@ -48,7 +56,7 @@ public class Csv2Rdf {
 		this.propertyNameBase = individualNameBase+"_";
 	}
 	
-	public Model[] convertToRdf(InputStream fis) throws IOException {
+	public Model[] convertToRdf(InputStream fis,VitroRequest vreq, Model destination) throws IOException {
 		OntModel ontModel = ModelFactory.createOntologyModel(OntModelSpec.OWL_MEM);
 		OntModel tboxOntModel = ModelFactory.createOntologyModel(OntModelSpec.OWL_MEM);
         ontModel.addSubModel(tboxOntModel);
@@ -57,7 +65,13 @@ public class Csv2Rdf {
 		CSVReader cReader = new SimpleReader();
 		cReader.setSeperator(separatorChar);
 		cReader.setQuoteCharacters(quoteChars);	
-		
+		WebappDaoFactory wdf = vreq.getFullWebappDaoFactory();
+		Random random = new Random();
+		boolean uriIsGood = false;
+		boolean inDestination = false;
+        int attempts = 0;
+        String uri = null;
+		String errMsg = null;
 		List<String[]> fileRows = cReader.parse(fis);
 		
         String[] columnHeaders = fileRows.get(0);
@@ -69,7 +83,21 @@ public class Csv2Rdf {
         }
 
         for (int row=1; row<fileRows.size(); row++) {
-	        Individual ind = ontModel.createIndividual(namespace+individualNameBase+row,theClass);
+        	while( uriIsGood == false && attempts < 30 ){	
+        		uri = namespace+individualNameBase+random.nextInt( Math.min(Integer.MAX_VALUE,(int)Math.pow(2,attempts + 13)) );
+	        errMsg = wdf.checkURI(uri);
+	        Resource res = ResourceFactory.createResource(uri);
+	        inDestination = destination.contains(res, null);
+			if(  errMsg != null && !inDestination)
+				uri = null;
+			else
+				uriIsGood = true;				
+			attempts++;
+		}
+        	uriIsGood = false;
+        	attempts =0;
+        	inDestination = false;
+        	Individual ind = ontModel.createIndividual(uri,theClass);
 	        String[] cols = fileRows.get(row);
 	        for (int col=0; col<cols.length; col++) {
 				String value = cols[col].trim();